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T. Al-Ansari

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2007-12-06
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2007-12-18
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  1. “We call on Iran to continue down the road of cooperation as set out in the report and to answer IAEA'S questions, build confidence and resolve pending issues, in particular because the report agrees with lAEA statements that the results of the inspections and inventory accord with information presented by Iran and described in the report. Moreover, lAEA is waiting for answers from Iran regarding a number of pending issues. We hope that those questions will be dealt with in the near future. Finally, we call upon all parties to adopt a policy of restraint and calm and not to attempt to influence the independence of the IAEA, in order to enable it to carry out its responsibilities.”

    2007-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5807 (2007) · source

  2. “We reaffirm, therefore, the importance of the universality of the NPT and its implementation for all States in the Middle East, without selectivity or discrimination, and the importance of strengthening confidence and preventing the causes of proliferation, especially invisible proliferation. Having become familiar with the lAEA report on Iranian nuclear activities, we welcome the August 2007 agreement on a workplan to address pending issues between Iran and lAEA regarding the IAEA safeguards regime. We believe that the report describes some factors that are encouraging for the plan's implementation regarding questions of importance to lAEA.”

    2007-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5807 (2007) · source

  3. “Mr. Al-Ansari (Qatar) (spoke in Arabic): First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Verbeke for his briefing. Qatar attaches great importance to the peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear file, and we wish therefore to comment on the following regional considerations. 07-64858 Qatar affirms that a peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear file is the ideal solution, as reaffirmed by the Gulf Cooperation Council, meeting in Doha. We reaffirm the full right of States parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to the peaceful use of nuclear energy under the relevant provisions of the Treaty.”

    2007-12-18 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5807 (2007) · source

  4. “There is no doubt that the availability of sufficient financial resources from donors is one of the most important means for coping with natural disasters and for providing assistance to civilian populations facing a very difficult and deteriorating humanitarian situation. Our humanitarian duty compels all of us to continue to provide that necessary financial assistance in order to continue emergency relief efforts. The State of Qatar is one of the leading States that actually did what it said it would, and provided quick financial and in-kind support for relief efforts and emergency assistance, in particular in the case of humanitarian disasters.”

    2007-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5792 (2007) · source

  5. “Armed conflict is one of the main reasons for the suffering of a huge number of civilians. For my part, however, I would like to draw attention to the region I am from - the Middle East, which has its share of worsening humanitarian disasters. I refer in particular to the difficult humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, as one of the worst-ever cases in the world, especially in the Gaza Strip. That situation is unique in comparison to other disaster areas in the world, as the area is a huge prison due to the closures policies of the Government of Israel and its occupying forces.”

    2007-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5792 (2007) · source

  6. “We reiterate our condemnation of the terrorist acts undertaken by the rebel groups in Darfur, following the most recent attacks on the headquarters of the African Union Mission in Sudan in Haskanita in early October of this year, which were also condemned by the Security Council in its presidential statement S/PRST/2007/35. We further confirm the importance of deploying the hybrid operation to facilitate the political and humanitarian tracks, and call for deterrence of the rebel groups that have recently threatened the States that will participate in this operation. It is clearly critical and inevitable that we exert increasing pressure on those rebel groups. There is no doubt that Africa is home to many of the world's most dire humanitarian situations.”

    2007-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5792 (2007) · source

  7. “That is precisely what we called for in December 2006, when we presided over the Security Council, with a warning about just what we are seeing today. As Mr. Holmes stated, we attach great importance to ongoing work to implement the joint communique agreed last March by the Government of the Sudan and the United Nations on the provision of humanitarian assistance. We also assign high priority to ongoing efforts to build confidence in the Sudanese Government to mitigate all the obstacles that might face humanitarian assistance in Darfur, prominent among which are the attacks undertaken by the rebel groups. We condemn all criminal acts perpetrated by the rebels, including threats and the targeting of humanitarian assistance convoys and peacekeepers.”

    2007-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5792 (2007) · source

  8. “Making the situation even worse is the United Nations inability to respond to the call by the African Union for support to the Africa Union Military Observer Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), which the Union has been unable fully to deploy until now. It is well known that the Security Council, following the adoption of resolution 1772 (2007), has been unable, regrettably, to respond to that call due to the reservations of some States members of the Council over providing the necessary logistic support to AMISON, as well as to the fact that foreign forces in Somalia are responsible for the deteriorating situation. Such forces should withdraw in order to calm the situation in that country, allowing AMISOM. to assume the responsibilities entrusted to it through its acceptance by the Somali people.”

    2007-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5792 (2007) · source

  9. “As everybody knows, one of the principal root causes is the fact that the country is under the yoke of occupation, while flagrant violations of international law and international humanitarian law, as well as war crimes committed against Somali civilians, continue unabated. Throughout the country, there are widespread extrajudicial executions and crimes against humanity in all their forms and manifestations, including rape, torture, violations of human rights, especially those of women and children, and the flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Times of War.”

    2007-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5792 (2007) · source

  10. “One humanitarian problem that has worsened, and which is being increasingly neglected by the international community, is the suffering of Somali civilians in the deteriorated security and political situation in the country. Most inhabitants of the capital are living in insecure conditions. Mr. Holmes has stated that more than 1.5 million people are internally displaced, suffering from a shortage of basic foodstuffs and facing the danger of starvation. If the international community is to provide assistance to Somalia, the situation there should be described frankly, explicitly and objectively so that no one can mistake it for a mere matter of food assistance or a difficult humanitarian situation. We must address the root causes that led to the current degradation of the situation in Somalia.”

    2007-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5792 (2007) · source

  11. “Mr. Al-Nasser (Qatar) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, allow me to welcome Mr. John Holmes, Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and to thank him for his briefing to the Council on his recent visit to Somalia, Ethiopia and the Sudan, and his operational activities there in the areas of humanitarian relief. We note that Mr. Holmes's previously expressed warning that we should be prepared for a very bad year from the humanitarian perspective was correct. That justifies the high importance he attaches to humanitarian relief efforts, prominent among which are the activities of the United Nations as the one Organization capable of confronting deteriorating humanitarian situations.”

    2007-12-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5792 (2007) · source